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Home » Dinah Washington

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Posted inMusic

Sasha Daltonn, jazz singer and founder of the Chicago Gospel Music Festival

by Jamie Ludwig August 5, 2021August 18, 2021

“We weren’t only honoring Professor Dorsey—this was a major event introduced by the first Black mayor of the city, and it needed to be outstanding.”

Posted inMusic

Entertainment lawyer Jay B. Ross fought for the people who made the music he loved

by Yana Kunichoff April 19, 2018August 18, 2021

An expert negotiator, he went to bat for stars as big as James Brown and Muddy Waters, but he also clawed back royalties for countless forgotten artists who’d never gotten their due.

The walls of Herman Roberts's south-side living room are covered with photographs from his decades in the entertainment business.
Posted inMusic

Before the Civil Rights Act, Herman Roberts’s club defined black nightlife on the south side

by James Porter December 3, 2014August 18, 2021

As proprietor of Roberts Show Lounge and the 500 Room, Roberts booked the likes of Nat “King” Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Count Basie, and Lionel Hampton—and responded to segregation and its legacy with ingenuity and class

John Wright presides over his living room in Matteson.
Posted inMusic

The life of John Wright, the Chicago jazz pianist they call “South Side Soul”

by Jake Austen September 16, 2014August 18, 2021

John Wright has lost three wives and his eyesight, but he still has his deep groove, generous spirit, and countless friends, family, and fans.

Posted inMusic

The Secret History of Chicago Music: Captain Walter Dyett

by Chicago Reader October 17, 2013December 21, 2021

DuSable High School band director Captain Walter Dyett taught generations of future stars.

Eleven-year-old Mae Yae Carter Ryan, whose voice has been compared to those of Mahalia Jackson and Sarah Vaughan
Posted inMusic

Here comes Mae Ya Carter Ryan

by Anne Ford March 6, 2013August 19, 2021

Eleven-year-old Mae Ya Carter Ryan has a voice that sounds decades older than she is. People are starting to listen.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Mon 1/28: Off the Record, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, and The Sound, the Soul, the Syncopation

by Janey Lee January 28, 2013August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, January 28, 2013

Posted inArts & Culture

The insanely athletic ‘Chicago Women of Song’

by Laura Molzahn December 8, 2011August 19, 2021

Deeply Rooted Dance Theater closes out its 15th season with ‘Chicago Women of Song’

Posted inBlogs

Best Jazz of 2010

by Peter Margasak December 16, 2010August 19, 2021

My ballot for the 2010 Village Voice Jazz Critics Poll.

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